Tom Cruise has confirmed that he is making a fifth Mission Impossible movie.

The Hollywood actor has already starred in four films as Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt.and has now revealed that another movie is in the works.

He told Graham Norton on his talk show: "I am working on the story."

However, Tom - who last played the character in 2011's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - didn't give any further details about the project.

The 50-year-old star, who appeared on the show to discuss his new sci-fi flick Oblivion, has previously indicated that he would like the action franchise to keep going and a fifth film was thought to be in the pipeline.

Last year he told Total Film magazine: "I started Mission Impossible hoping I could make many of them. It's a character that I can grow with. At that time it was the most expensive film in the history of Paramount Pictures, and the first film I was producing.

"'ll make a bunch of those. I'll make as many as people want to see... because they're very challenging, and so much fun to make."